Cellphone jamming threatens to silence incarcerated journalists

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This is a summary of reporting published by objectivejournalism.org on September 24, 2026. It was not written by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak. GPS tracks coverage of Georgia’s prison system so the record stays in one place. The full article is on objectivejournalism.org’s own site.

A commentary published by The Objective argues that a proposed FCC policy allowing cellphone jamming in prisons would curtail reporting by incarcerated journalists, including in Georgia. The author, writing under the pseudonym Jimmy Iakovos and identified as a journalist incarcerated in Georgia, says the Georgia Department of Corrections has prioritized removing and blocking cellphones and supports FCC rules that would…

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